#B85BB9#B85BB9

#B85BB9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.168 H 327.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85BB9
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 185)
HSL	hsl(299, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(299, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 50.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 50.76, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 60.71, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.1407 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.168 327)
XYZ	xyz(32.2646, 21.1771, 48.2777)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85BB9 #5CB95B

analogous

#895BB9 #B85BB9 #B95B8B

triadic

#B85BB9 #B9B85B #5BB9B8

tetradic

#B85BB9 #B9895B #5CB95B #5B8BB9

square

#B85BB9 #B9895B #5CB95B #5B8BB9

split-complementary

#B85BB9 #8BB95B #5BB989

monochromatic

#6B2E6C #964097 #B85BB9 #CB86CB #DDB1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B85BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B85BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85BB9

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85BB9	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5277BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.168 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8dce',
    500: '#b85bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85bb9;
$custom-light: #cf8dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.362,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61713,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.21175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85BB9

secondary

#A4CCA4

accent

#D05859

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F9

border

#D3CBD2

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85BB9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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